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Peter Fish, the agent for Jimmy Vesey, said his much-hyped free-agent client would not make his decision Thursday, according to reports. I suspect Vesey, a winger and Hobey Baker winner from Harvard who was originally drafted but unsigned by Nashville, will announce his decision Friday. According to many reports he has…

Because we need a new post after 500 plus comments, here are the official announcements from the Rangers so far. ICYMI, Eric Staal and Viktor Stalberg both defected via free agency, to Minnesota and Carolina, respectively. RANGERS NAME JEFF BEUKEBOOM ASSISTANT COACH NEW YORK, July 1, 2016 – New York…

Let me start by saying this. I still think Alain Vigneault is a top coach in the NHL, and one of the best coaches the Rangers have had in my 30-plus years of covering them. Easily. Which means he’s one of the best they’ve ever had, in my opinion. And…

Stanley Cup Final Game 6. Penguins at Sharks. (Penguins lead 3-2.) Can the San Jose Sharks (a.k.a. Martin Jones) extend the hockey season a few more days? Speaking of which, Game 7 wouldn’t be until Wednesday. This series started May 30. Could it be stretched out any more?…

Rangers assistant coach Ulf Samuelsson has left the team to become head coach of the Charlotte Checkers, the AHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes. Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis, who was a teammate of Samuelsson in Hartford, then in Pittsburgh, where they won a pair of Stanley Cups together, made…

We interrupt our player analysis series for some sort-of breaking news. In an interview with La Presse’s Richard Labbe, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said, in French, that upon speaking with the Rangers’ front office, “first thing they said is they wanted me back next year.” CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY…

Scroll down to the previous posts to hear the audio interviews from breakup day Tuesday. My story and notebook from lohud.com: GREENBURGH — It was painful and it was shockingly sudden. The way the Rangers were vanquished from the postseason, run over by the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games’ worth…

Rebuild? Forget it. Not happening. The Rangers aren’t going to rebuild, nor can they. At least not in terms of tearing down the current roster and replacing a lot of pieces. It can’t happen with the team up against the salary cap, and it can’t happen because of no-move, no-trade…

When you make a decision on a coach, you’d better be right. When you make a decision on a coach, you’d better think more about the future than the past. There is no way to know how Jeff Gorton, the Rangers’ first-year general manager, feels about the job coach Alain…

Again, the Rangers can clinch a playoff spot with a win. Simple as that. There are a bunch of other ways they can get in over the last four games, but the easiest is with a win. They play their final road game of the regular season, looking to snap…

Rangers 5, Canadiens 2. Click here for the boxscore with links to the official game summary, etc. Thoughts: 1) I was wrong. I thought this was going to be one of those banana-peel games we’ve seen this season from this team, one where it played down to the opponent’s level,…

My early story for lohud.com: NEW YORK – The Rangers needed a call-up from Hartford to replace Daniel Paille, who cleared waivers on Sunday and was assigned to the AHL Wolf Pack. But Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said that the scouting party that went to watch Hartford’s game Saturday –…

GREENBURGH – The news on Ryan McDonagh was about as good as the Rangers could have hoped. The captain did not suffer a second concussion when blasted in the jaw by Toronto’s Leo Komarov Thursday night. McDonagh did suffer a jaw contusion and neck stiffness, and will not play Sunday…

Rangers 4, Maple Leaves 2. Click here for the boxscore with links to the official game summary, etc. Thoughts: 1) Welcome to the National Hockey League, where you can play a terrific game (for the most part) and lose one night, and play an awful game (for the most part)…

Blackhawks 5, Rangers 3. Click here to read my game story from lohud.com. Click here for the boxscore with links to the official game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) Once again, I don’t get all the cliff-diving “this team stinks … it…

Based on Friday’s practice, Dan Girardi is expected to return from a lacerated hand, and Oscar Lindberg goes back in after being scratched the last two games. Dylan McIlrath and Jayson Megna are expected to be scratched. Henrik Lundqvist starts his 11th in a row in goal. Antti Raanta gets…

Only one change to the lineup planned today. Dominic Moore goes back in for Emerson Etem. Moore will play his 700th game, and Derick Brassard his 500th. Click here to read my column on Mats Zuccarello. Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS at OTTAWA SENATORS Saturday, Nov.…